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Rossi Mercury Prospect

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Mercury, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173811
MRDS ID M055232
MAS/MILS ID 0320110039
Record type Site
Current site name Rossi Mercury Prospect
Related records 10040446

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.50902, 40.11661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugout Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 N 048 E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.50902, 40.11661
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORTEZ MIN DIST; E SLOPE CORTEZ MTNS NEAR HEAD OF HORSE CANY

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 8252, 1965, PP. 284, 298

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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